ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
A FATAL FALL. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. An inquest was held to-night touching the death of 'Mr. Douglas Johnston, who fell 30 feet oyer an embankment near Balmoral on Friday morning, and died at the hospital yesterday. Evidence went to show that deceased and a friend were driving in the dark in a gig, which missed the turn, and ran over an embankment. A verdict of accidental death was returned. FLAXWORKER SUFFOCATED. Napier, Yesterday. The police have been informed that Peter Bunion was found dead on the road near Waikare. Deceased was cmployed as a flaxmill hand at Tutura. He purchased a supply of whisky before leaving the Waikare Hotel for his camp yesterday. When found he was lying face downward in the mud, and it is believed he fell and was suffocated. THE TIMARU FATALITY. Timaru, Last Night. At the inquest on John Wilds, the old Deal boatman, medical evidence showed that he died from heart shock, not from drowning.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 133, 23 October 1912, Page 5
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166ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 133, 23 October 1912, Page 5
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